UN Security Council Resolution 1090 | ||
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Date | 13 December 1996 | |
Meeting no. | 3,725 | |
Code | S/RES/1090 (Document) | |
Subject | Recommendation regarding the appointment of the Secretary-General | |
Result | Adopted | |
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United Nations Security Council resolution 1090, adopted without a vote at a closed meeting on 13 December 1996, having considered the question of the recommendation for the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Council recommended to the General Assembly that Mr. Kofi Annan be appointed for a term of office from 1 January 1997, to 31 December 2001.[1]
Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian diplomat, was the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations. The United States had vetoed another term for his predecessor, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, due to lack of reform.[2]
It was the first time that a Security Council resolution had been adopted by acclamation.[3]